"TRAVERSE CITY — Federal regulators trying to contain a fish-killing virus in the Great Lakes region have issued rules for shipping live fish across state lines that some wholesalers say will be financially devastating.


The requirements were announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. They require testing and inspections of 28 farm-raised and live bait species susceptible to viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS."

Here's the whole article:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080911/NEWS06/80911016

Now, can anyone tell me why the hell did it take these idiots almost two years to do this?